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01 September 2026 17:37

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- On August 31, yesterday, only 5 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz, a 50% decrease compared to 10 transits the previous day.

Of the five vessels, two were ghost tankers and one was under US, UK, and EU sanctions, which suggests at least three of the five were very possibly Iranian ships. Four of the five vessels entered the Gulf, while only one existed to the Arabian Sea.

Note, this does not indicate a low supply of Gulf oil to the global market. The US is currently leading an operation to export oil and gas from the Strait of Hormuz, which requires smaller, but faster vessels passing through the Hormuz via Omani waters under US military protection, then transferring its medium to a larger tanker. Dozens of ship-to-ship transfers occur daily in the Arabian Sea. The use of smaller and faster ships makes it difficult for Iran to detect and disable them.

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01 September 2026 17:05

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Initial reports, the M23-allied Twirwaneho and the pro-M23 Burundian-militia Red Tabara have launched a joint offensive on Uvira, South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Violent clashes are underway between the pro-M23 groups and the Burundian military, which is supported by Wazalendo, as Twirwaneho are attempting to cross the Mulongwe heights, just west of Uvira,

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01 September 2026 15:13

🇸🇾🇱🇾⚡- Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani visited Tripoli on Sunday, meeting western Libya’s GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Acting Foreign Minister Taher al-Baour, as Damascus and Tripoli moved to restore and amend ties.

During the visit, al-Shaibani reopened the Syrian Embassy in Tripoli after more than 14 years of closure, while the two sides signed an agreement to reactivate the Libyan-Syrian Joint Higher Committee.

Note, eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar had previously accused the Tripoli-based GNU of recruiting fighters from the Syrian National Army, SNA—formerly concentrated in northern Syria, particularly around the Azaz–Mare’ area—to fight alongside GNU-aligned forces against Haftar’s Libyan National Army, LNA.

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01 September 2026 14:16

🇬🇧⚡️- The Green Party will possibly run their party leader Zack Polanski as a candidate for the seat in Holborn and St Pancras.

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01 September 2026 14:12

🇬🇧⚡️- Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he is resigning as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras.

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01 September 2026 14:08

🇪🇺⚡️- Eurozone inflation reaches 3.3% in August, highest since September 2023. Energy prices are up by 14.3% in August, compared to 10.3% in July. Economists indicate these increases are direct consequences of the unresolved conflict in the Middle East.

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01 September 2026 13:59

🇳🇵🇨🇳⚡️- The floods in Tibet and Nepal have caused over 1000 deaths according to the latest reports.

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01 September 2026 13:51

🇦🇹⚡️- Pro-NATO online figure Günther Fehlinger-Jahn has announced his candidacy for the 2028 Austrian presidential election.

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01 September 2026 12:26

🇨🇩⚡️- The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has reached 6000 confirmed cases and caused around 2900 deaths according to an update by health officials.

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01 September 2026 12:21

🇮🇹🇪🇸🇪🇺⚡️- Italy has extended its Schengen suspension with Spain by 15 days.

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01 September 2026 11:40

🇮🇳🇷🇺⚡️- At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has privately urged President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. The plead comes as the U.S. is in the final stages of approving up to 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers. Recently, Russia has started to supply up to 50% of all Indian oil imports.

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01 September 2026 11:29

🇫🇷⚡️- The recent changes in the National Rally's policies are the results of Marine Le Pen's statist line being hardened following the decision to dismiss Jordan Bardella's candidacy and economic liberal ideas. The National Rally's strategy seems to build itself on pleasing French retirees to ensure a safe path to election in 2027.

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01 September 2026 09:13

🇾🇪⚡- One of the most senior Islamic State officials and its spokesman Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari was killed in an overnight operation by Yemen's Quick Rapid Forces, QRF.

The QRF were designed by the UAE and worked closely with the former Southern Transitional Council. The forces are based in the al-Rayyan Air Base, and operate in a similar way to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces pre-2023.

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01 September 2026 02:14

🇺🇳🇭🇹⚡️- Haiti’s ambassador to the United Nations, Eric Pierre, has called upon the international community to rapidly accelerate the deployment of the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force after the Viv Ansanm gang coalition killed 47 civilians, including those who fled to a nearby church, where they were massacred.

In March, Chad committed about 800 police officers to replace their Kenyan counterparts, who saw little success. The current UN Gang Suppression Force reportedly has around 5,500 personnel and receives UN-funded weapons, equipment, and supplies.

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01 September 2026 00:00

🇺🇸⚡️- U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned following months of disagreements and clashes with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. - The Wall Street Journal.

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01 September 2026 17:12

🇺🇸⚡️- The victim in yesterdays Time Square stabbing was Bank of America employee Erin Piacenti. She was VP of Business Selection and Conflicts.

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01 September 2026 16:50

🇺🇸⚡️- The Jury in the Lindsey Clancy trial cannot come to a unanimous decision. The Judge has asked them to continue deliberating.

Multiple women on the Jury have worn pink in solidarity with Clancy.

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01 September 2026 14:20

🇺🇸⚡️- John Ternus has replaced Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

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01 September 2026 14:15

🇬🇧⚡️- Restore Britain has announced they will participate in the by-election for Holborn and St Pancras.

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01 September 2026 14:11

🇩🇪⚡️ — NEW: Several “homemade rockets” struck Jänschwalde coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg, near the Polish border, according to Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung.

The facility was struck multiple times, but security forces secured and defused the remaining devices.

Dpa reports that explosive devices were also found at the substation in Turnow-Preilack in Brandenburg, not far from the Jänschwalde power plant.

The suspected aim was to cause a large-scale power outage, although the network operator said there was only a “short-term line interruption.” No one was injured, and electricity supplies remained stable.

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01 September 2026 14:04

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡️- According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 57% of Americans oppose the new taxes on Canadian imports and 63% oppose the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

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01 September 2026 13:53

🇨🇳🇻🇪⚡️- "China's lawful rights and interests in Venezuela must be protected." - Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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01 September 2026 13:49

🇫🇷🇲🇱⚡️- Self-proclaimed French "journalist" Thomas Dietrich has accused the X account Sahel Alert of using intelligence from jihadist and anti-junta groups to destabilize juntas across the Sahel, mainly in Mali. Without providing evidence, Dietrich went further and implied that France was backing the account as part of an active disinformation campaign.

Known for his anti-colonial, left-wing stance, T. Dietrich has long downplayed Russian military and economic exploitation in Africa while focusing heavily on French foreign policy. His attack on a local West African news outlet appears to be part of a renewed pro-Russian media push to shield struggling, Moscow-backed juntas from online criticism.

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01 September 2026 12:23

🇫🇷🇸🇪⚡️- France will deploy French soldiers in Finland under Swedish command as part of NATO's increased defenses in Eastern Europe.

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01 September 2026 12:19

🇫🇷🇸🇪⚡️- Sweden has bought four French frigates from Naval Group for €4.3B. The first frigate will be delivered in 2030.

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01 September 2026 11:33

🇨🇳🇪🇬⚡️- "[China and Egypt] should pursue mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and set a benchmark for joint development. China and Egypt should forge greater synergy in development strategies, engage in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, proactively tap the potential and expand the scope of pragmatic collaboration in a bid to provide sustained impetus to the mutually beneficial cooperation." - Xi Jinping in a signed article sent to Egyptian outlets prior to his visit.

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01 September 2026 11:27

🇫🇷⚡️- France's National Rally's schizophrenia keeps increasing as the French presidential campaign unofficially started a few days ago. Marine Le Pen wishes to ban the islamic veil and fine its wearers in the public through a referendum. However, memos banning National Rally officials from discussing remigration and similar topics have been issued within the party.

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01 September 2026 09:04

🇸🇩🇪🇹⚡- A new large build-up of Rapid Support Forces, RSF, in Ethiopia along the Sudanese border, indicating the RSF offensive in the Ad Damazin direction is far from over.

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01 September 2026 00:00

🇾🇪⚡- Southern Yemeni separatists are set to hold what is expected to be their largest pro-Southern Transitional Council, STC, demonstration since the collapse of the STC-led government in Aden earlier this year.

Dubbed "One Million Southerners", a play on Ansarullah's "One Million Man Army" campaign, the protests are scheduled to take place tomorrow across southern Yemen, including Aden, STC-stronghold Ad Dali, Mocha, Shabwah, Lahij, and throughout the Hadhramaut region.

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31 August 2026 23:36

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Initial reports of Iranian projectiles launched towards the Strait of Hormuz.